The coronavirus the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China beginning in December 2019. This virus appears to be a new human pathogen to causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and get quickly spread to all over world before it was controlled. Initially, the new virus was called 2019-nCoV. Subsequently, the task of experts of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) termed it the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Human corona viruses most commonly spread from an infected person to others through respiratory droplets, close personal contact with an infected person or by touching an object or surface infected with the corona virus and then touching the same hand to mouth or eye. Till now, there is no approved antiviral drug or vaccine for the management of infection by coronavirus. However, from earlier experience, many therapeutic agents are being used in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 virus. The World Health Organization announced that the outbreaks of the novel coronavirus have constituted a public health emergency of international concern. Infection control measures are necessary to prevent the virus from further spreading and to help control the epidemic situation. This article, based on available literature evidence, introduces coronavirus through its structure, pathogenesis, etiology, diagnosis, clinical features, and prevention and control and therapeutic options.